![]() You'd be hard pressed to tell it apart - though the Dedicated DAC was superior.įor a premium sounding Transport - a big part is the mechanism, the output design. When I bought my Cambridge Audio CD 6 CD Player back in 1996 (and it still works perfectly to this day) they sold a DAC Magic and a Disc Magic transport - the transport used the same mechanism as the CD 6. But the question will be is the transport any better than their CD player. If you look around you will find dedicated transports. There are still a number of CD transports being made but not typically from the mainstream makers. I can't compare, because I only have the larger one. According to him, this makes a significant difference in the sound. Pascal also orders it with the full size CD stabilizer, that covers the entire disc, rather than the smaller one that comes standard with the TL5. You can order a gray market one from Japan for cheaper, but it is the 100V version, and you have to use a wallwart power adapter. He then placed the order, and it was drop-shipped to me from Japan. After I got in touch with him, I had to bank wire him payment (no credit cards). The North American distributor in Montreal (Pascal of Mutine Inc.) is semi-retired, and sometimes hard to get hold of. I just wish it was easier to get the factory 120V version in the US. This UK dealer describes the sound very well (scroll down a ways): Here are a couple European reviews:ĬEC TL5 Belt Drive CD Transport Review | Hifi Pig If you want analog-like sound from CDs, I would definitely look into it. It's not cheap (around $2000), but, for that money, I don't think you'll find a better dedicated CD transport than the belt drive CEC TL5. so i may be better off just replacing the ProII unitįor a good clamp, i have a Spider Clamp that does a good job compared to the smallish CD puck that comes with transport. My current CD sounding so close to a LP analogue sound, i would think can be attributed quite a bit to this ProII mechanismĪs it really doing a good job extracting the data off the media very well. If i ever were to built another unit, just need to buy a power supply, a chassis n do a direct out, no need to spend the $$ my tehnician also said the same thing after putting the kit together n told me The ProII unit has a direct out to DAC and i found the sound to better than putting the signal vial the motherboard of the So may end up buying another from Enco System. Said for the ProII mechanism cannot just have the lens replaced but need to swapped a new ProII transport mechanism as a unit. a check with my technician n he said looks like a deteriorating lens and he cannot detect the TOC (Table of Content). My current Philips ProII transport is showing signs of trouble as there will be times that the machine will not read the next CD My impression of the VRDS was shaken after reading this.
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